Everyone loves those bazillion-dollar jackpots that pop up in the lottery now and again, but those bring out a lot of starry-eyed amateurs and you can bet the hard-core players view them as the French view American tourists — good for the bottom line, maybe, but a bit of a nuisance. Regular players — the ones who queue up at convenience stores or other lottery outlets virtually every day — take their chances on the big jackpots, sure, but the Lehigh Valley's leading lottery expert, Dave Sanders, says they are far more likely to plunk down money for scratch-off instant games. "People want to win now, and people want to get paid now," said Sanders, better...

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